Mobile Office 12 in the Works?

Although details are still sketchy at this time, partners close to Microsoft have indicated that work has begun on a version of Office 12 for mobile devices. Microsoft Watch reported that the update will include refreshes of the mobile versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, which have been included with Windows-based PDAs for years, in addition to a mobile version of the company's OneNote product.

Support for Microsoft's new XML-based file format would be included in the new mobile releases of the programs, sources told the site, as well as rights management support. The suite would run on both PDAs and smartphones with the Windows Mobile operating system. Microsoft has declined to confirm or deny the rumors.